The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-15
THE CROPS IN THE STATE.
How They Appear to the Correspondents
of the Departm ent of agriculture.

Liz DepdttueuL VI ASilSdAluIO La
received 246 special reports from it
township correspondents regarding th
crops, OF Oh average date of June !, o
which the following is summary:
COTTON.
The crop is from two to three week
earlier, and stands better than last year
The crop is clean and growing rapidly
and is now verging to limb and square
and looks vigorous and healthy. 1t ha
not been decreased in acreage-reporte(
at 95 per cent.
The condition is reported in uppe
Carolina at 1O2 per cent; middle Caro-
lima 102, and in lower Carolina 100. Il
average for the State of l0l per cent
This is above the condition at the sam:
period in 1882, 1888, and in 1884, wher
it was reported at SO, and in 1886 at ST
per cent, showing that the crop is in {
better condition than for period O.
years.
The growth of corn was somewhat re
tarGeG by the dry weather in April anG
early May, but recent rains in nearly
every section of the State has improved
its condition very much. It is good CT
sandy and bottom lands.
Owing to the favorable spring and alb
sence from floods, the bottom lands have
been better prepared and planted earlier
than usual.
Correspondents estimate the crop or
bottoms at 2S per cent, and on upland<
at Y per cent.
The condition of the crop in upper
Carolina On bottoms SO, on uplands al
100; in middle Carolina on bottoms go
on uplands SO; il lower Carolina 81 or
bottoms, on uplands 92; making al
average for the State, on both bottoms
and uplands, 81 per cent, against So pen
cent. compared to the crop Of last year
WHEAT AND OATS.
Wheat and fall sown oats were injured
By freezes, the former a little and the
later very much; but where the oats
were too thin foc L stand they were re-
sown IN early spring.
The correspondents report that the
crop will yield much batter than expected.
the recent rains having very much i'm
proved the condition OF the crop. Har,
yesting has scommenced IN some localities
Tie condition Of botn crops is re.
ported at 81 per cent. for wheat and s.
per cent, for oats: against IS per cent.
tor each last year.
FERTILIZERS.
The amount Of commercial fertilizers
sold IL the State for the past season, a.
is shown by the books OF the Depart.
mcnt, is less than tie season CT 1855 and
1885. Correspondents report that the
following percentage of commercial fer.
tilizers we're used this year: Ammoniat,
ed, Is; ac:d phosphate, -; kainit, u
clcmic&ls, 8; and that 81 per cent. pur.
chased was used for composing, anG
that - per cent. of kaiDit vas used this
year as compared 10 1856.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Last year it was estimated that 10 per
cent. less farm supplies Was purchased
than in 1885, and this gear lG pcr cent.
moro than last, still making a decrease
of per cent. less than in 1885. This
increase is due to freshets, which de-
stroyed the entire corn crop on the bot
toms, forcing farmers to buy at the be-
ginning Of the season.
But our farmers are cheerful, hopeful
and buoyant, and do not complain. And
when it is recolected that less fertilizers
has been purchased, labor cheaper and
the crop cultivated at less cost up to this
time than any crop for years, they have
some reasons for rejoicing. Labor in
nearly every locality has been more
plentiful
The failure of the crop last year taught
them to prepare for the worst, and, as
one correspondent puts it: "Ihey hold
their own wonderfully; most OF them
started with nothing and still have it..
RICE.
The reports from nearly every section
Of the State is at this time favorable fo1
a good crop, but there are so many
drawbacks in the production Of the rice
crop that the present estimates my be
very much changed before the maturity
OF the crop. The condition is reported
at 81 against 81 in 1885, and 80 in 1856.
OTHER CROPS.
The condition of sorohrm and snoa,
cone IS rrnorted GOOD Corresnondents
est;mota % 81 hat tha ccraaoa hos heen in
creaseS Con6;t;on 81 sorabnm an5
sugar cane each 50 against 81 for both
crops Iase year
a., ne es4na'eo Iaa tnote@se 1, ~ u. aoleaoe "
tue sweet potaea Is placeo a1 : per ceHG., w.
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